diff --git a/src/Instagram/Instagram.php b/src/Instagram/Instagram.php
index af3fb07..9fd8a83 100644
--- a/src/Instagram/Instagram.php
+++ b/src/Instagram/Instagram.php
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ class Instagram {
      */
     protected $request = '';
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $proxy;
+
     /**
      * @var string $pagingNextLink Instagram next page link.
      */
@@ -91,6 +96,8 @@ public function __construct( $config ) {
 
         // set graph version
         $this->graphVersion = isset( $config['graph_version'] ) ? $config['graph_version'] : self::DEFAULT_GRAPH_VERSION;
+
+        $this->proxy = isset($config['proxy']) ? (array) $config['proxy'] : [];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ public function delete( $params ) {
      */
     public function sendRequest( $method, $endpoint, $params ) {
         // create our request
-        $this->request = new Request( $method, $endpoint, $params, $this->graphVersion, $this->accessToken );
+        $this->request = new Request( $method, $endpoint, $params, $this->graphVersion, $this->accessToken, $this->proxy);
 
         // send the request to the client for processing
         $response = $this->client->send( $this->request );
diff --git a/src/Instagram/Request/Curl.php b/src/Instagram/Request/Curl.php
index ff42c57..220042d 100644
--- a/src/Instagram/Request/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Instagram/Request/Curl.php
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ public function send( $request ) {
             CURLOPT_CAINFO => __DIR__ . '/certs/cacert.pem',
         );
 
+        // remove not allowed params
+        $proxy = array_intersect_key(
+            $request->getProxy(),
+            array_flip([
+                CURLOPT_PROXY,
+                CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD,
+                CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE,
+            ])
+        );
+
+        $options += $proxy;
+
         if ( $request->getMethod() == Request::METHOD_POST ) { // need to add on post fields
             $options[CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS] = $request->getUrlBody();
         }
diff --git a/src/Instagram/Request/Request.php b/src/Instagram/Request/Request.php
index a4eb5b1..f6c15b3 100644
--- a/src/Instagram/Request/Request.php
+++ b/src/Instagram/Request/Request.php
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ class Request {
      */
     protected $url;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $proxy;
+
     /**
      * Contructor for instantiating a request..
      *
@@ -93,9 +98,10 @@ class Request {
      * @param array  $params the parameters to be sent along with the request.
      * @param string $graphVersion the graph version for the request.
      * @param string $accessToken the access token to go along with the request.
+     * @param array $proxy curl proxy params.
      * @return void
      */
-    public function __construct( $method, $endpoint = '', $params = array(), $graphVersion = '', $accessToken = '' ) {
+    public function __construct( $method, $endpoint = '', $params = array(), $graphVersion = '', $accessToken = '', $proxy = [] ) {
         // set HTTP method
         $this->method = strtoupper( $method );
 
@@ -110,6 +116,18 @@ public function __construct( $method, $endpoint = '', $params = array(), $graphV
 
         // set url
         $this->setUrl( $graphVersion );
+
+        $this->setProxy($proxy);
+    }
+
+    public function setProxy(array $proxy)
+    {
+        $this->proxy = $proxy;
+    }
+
+    public function getProxy()
+    {
+        return $this->proxy;
     }
 
     /**